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Avila A, Cordero J, Ibilah O, Frietze G, Moya EM. Hispanic Survivors and Caregivers of Human Papillomavirus-Associated Cancers: Lived Experiences in a U.S.-Mexico Border Community. Health Educ Behav 2023; 50:595-603. [PMID: 36511085 PMCID: PMC10468152 DOI: 10.1177/10901981221139179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Although human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers are preventable and treatable at early stages, health disparities in HPV-associated cancer outcomes continue to exist among Hispanic populations. Hispanics residing along the U.S.-Mexico border face barriers distinct from other geographically dispersed populations within the United States. The current research aimed to explore perspectives and lived experiences of survivors and caregivers of HPV-associated cancers in El Paso, Texas, to inform intervention development and health practices to increase preventive services among populations residing on the U.S.-Mexico border region. A mixed-method approach was employed using a semi-structured interview guide with Quality of Life (QOL) scales with (N = 29) survivors and caregivers of HPV-associated cancers. Content analysis was used to extract themes and descriptive statistics were reported for quality of life. Five major themes were identified: (1) barriers to preventive services and treatment; (2) role of health care providers in diagnosis and care; (3) treatment challenges, support systems, and challenges associated with caregiving; and (4) HPV prevention and health recommendations from survivors and caregivers. Finally, given the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, an additional theme was explored on accessibility to health and human services. QOL scales suggested better overall physical health and spiritual well-being in survivors and fear of reoccurrence among caregivers and survivors. The current research highlights the role of health care providers and human service professionals in the promotion of health practices of at-risk populations by increasing health literacy among cancer patients and caregivers, and exploring experiences, challenges, and messages caregivers and survivors had regarding HPV prevention.
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- Alondra Avila
- Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC), The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC), The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC), The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC), The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC), The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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Frietze G, Padilla M, Cordero J, Gosselink K, Moya E. Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Acceptance (HPV-VA) and Vaccine Uptake (HPV-VU): assessing the impact of theory, culture, and trusted sources of information in a Hispanic community. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:1781. [PMID: 37710232 PMCID: PMC10500881 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16628-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection and is associated with many types of cancers that disproportionately impact Hispanics. An HPV vaccine is available for individuals ages 9-45 that can prevent up to 90% of HPV-associated cancers. The current study investigates factors associated with accepting the HPV vaccine in a predominately Hispanic community. METHODS A cross-sectional study design with an online questionnaire was used to collect data from a community sample of adults between the ages 18-65 residing in a U.S./Mexico border city, El Paso, Texas. Theory-based factors (e.g., the Health Belief Model), culture-based factors (e.g., familism), and trusted sources of information were examined as predictors of HPV-vaccine acceptance (HPV-VA) and HPV-vaccine uptake (HPV-VU). RESULTS Community members (N = 602, Mage = 34.65, SD = 9.79) who were predominately Hispanic (89.4%) and female (79.6%) participated in the study. Linear regression models revealed that HPV-VA was associated with household size, primary language, engagement in organizational activities, health-related community stigma, government trust, and the HBM theory-based factors: perceived benefits, perceived harm, and perceived severity. Logistic regression analyses revealed that HPV-VU was associated with household size, engagement in non-organizational activities, HPV trusted sources of information, and perceived safety. CONCLUSIONS Adequate HPV vaccination uptake among all vaccine-eligible Hispanics is an important step to lessen the HPV-attributed cancer burden. Our hypothesis that theory-based factors would be associated with HPV-VA and HPV-VU was supported. Our findings have implications for designing trusted, theory-based, and culturally sensitive health communications and interventions to promote vaccines in minority underrepresented communities.
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- Gabriel Frietze
- University of Texas at El Paso, 500 University Ave, El Paso, Texas, 79968, USA.
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- University of Texas at El Paso, 500 University Ave, El Paso, Texas, 79968, USA
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- School of Public Health, Dept. of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), El Paso Campus, 5130 Gateway East Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA
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- Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, 3501 Arrowhead Drive, Las Cruces, NM, 88001, USA
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- University of Texas at El Paso, 500 University Ave, El Paso, Texas, 79968, USA
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Abbott T, Aguena M, Alarcon A, Allam S, Alves O, Amon A, Andrade-Oliveira F, Annis J, Avila S, Bacon D, Baxter E, Bechtol K, Becker M, Bernstein G, Bhargava S, Birrer S, Blazek J, Brandao-Souza A, Bridle S, Brooks D, Buckley-Geer E, Burke D, Camacho H, Campos A, Carnero Rosell A, Carrasco Kind M, Carretero J, Castander F, Cawthon R, Chang C, Chen A, Chen R, Choi A, Conselice C, Cordero J, Costanzi M, Crocce M, da Costa L, da Silva Pereira M, Davis C, Davis T, De Vicente J, DeRose J, Desai S, Di Valentino E, Diehl H, Dietrich J, Dodelson S, Doel P, Doux C, Drlica-Wagner A, Eckert K, Eifler T, Elsner F, Elvin-Poole J, Everett S, Evrard A, Fang X, Farahi A, Fernandez E, Ferrero I, Ferté A, Fosalba P, Friedrich O, Frieman J, García-Bellido J, Gatti M, Gaztanaga E, Gerdes D, Giannantonio T, Giannini G, Gruen D, Gruendl R, Gschwend J, Gutierrez G, Harrison I, Hartley W, Herner K, Hinton S, Hollowood D, Honscheid K, Hoyle B, Huff E, Huterer D, Jain B, James D, Jarvis M, Jeffrey N, Jeltema T, Kovacs A, Krause E, Kron R, Kuehn K, Kuropatkin N, Lahav O, Leget PF, Lemos P, Liddle A, Lidman C, Lima M, Lin H, MacCrann N, Maia M, Marshall J, Martini P, McCullough J, Melchior P, Mena-Fernández J, Menanteau F, Miquel R, Mohr J, Morgan R, Muir J, Myles J, Nadathur S, Navarro-Alsina A, Nichol R, Ogando R, Omori Y, Palmese A, Pandey S, Park Y, Paz-Chinchón F, Petravick D, Pieres A, Plazas Malagón A, Porredon A, Prat J, Raveri M, Rodriguez-Monroy M, Rollins R, Romer A, Roodman A, Rosenfeld R, Ross A, Rykoff E, Samuroff S, Sánchez C, Sanchez E, Sanchez J, Sanchez Cid D, Scarpine V, Schubnell M, Scolnic D, Secco L, Serrano S, Sevilla-Noarbe I, Sheldon E, Shin T, Smith M, Soares-Santos M, Suchyta E, Swanson M, Tabbutt M, Tarle G, Thomas D, To C, Troja A, Troxel M, Tucker D, Tutusaus I, Varga T, Walker A, Weaverdyck N, Wechsler R, Weller J, Yanny B, Yin B, Zhang Y, Zuntz J. Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: Cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and weak lensing. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.105.023520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Amon A, Gruen D, Troxel M, MacCrann N, Dodelson S, Choi A, Doux C, Secco L, Samuroff S, Krause E, Cordero J, Myles J, DeRose J, Wechsler R, Gatti M, Navarro-Alsina A, Bernstein G, Jain B, Blazek J, Alarcon A, Ferté A, Lemos P, Raveri M, Campos A, Prat J, Sánchez C, Jarvis M, Alves O, Andrade-Oliveira F, Baxter E, Bechtol K, Becker M, Bridle S, Camacho H, Carnero Rosell A, Carrasco Kind M, Cawthon R, Chang C, Chen R, Chintalapati P, Crocce M, Davis C, Diehl H, Drlica-Wagner A, Eckert K, Eifler T, Elvin-Poole J, Everett S, Fang X, Fosalba P, Friedrich O, Gaztanaga E, Giannini G, Gruendl R, Harrison I, Hartley W, Herner K, Huang H, Huff E, Huterer D, Kuropatkin N, Leget P, Liddle A, McCullough J, Muir J, Pandey S, Park Y, Porredon A, Refregier A, Rollins R, Roodman A, Rosenfeld R, Ross A, Rykoff E, Sanchez J, Sevilla-Noarbe I, Sheldon E, Shin T, Troja A, Tutusaus I, Tutusaus I, Varga T, Weaverdyck N, Yanny B, Yin B, Zhang Y, Zuntz J, Aguena M, Allam S, Annis J, Bacon D, Bertin E, Bhargava S, Brooks D, Buckley-Geer E, Burke D, Carretero J, Costanzi M, da Costa L, Pereira M, De Vicente J, Desai S, Dietrich J, Doel P, Ferrero I, Flaugher B, Frieman J, García-Bellido J, Gaztanaga E, Gerdes D, Giannantonio T, Gschwend J, Gutierrez G, Hinton S, Hollowood D, Honscheid K, Hoyle B, James D, Kron R, Kuehn K, Lahav O, Lima M, Lin H, Maia M, Marshall J, Martini P, Melchior P, Menanteau F, Miquel R, Mohr J, Morgan R, Ogando R, Palmese A, Paz-Chinchón F, Petravick D, Pieres A, Romer A, Sanchez E, Scarpine V, Schubnell M, Serrano S, Smith M, Soares-Santos M, Tarle G, Thomas D, To C, Weller J. Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: Cosmology from cosmic shear and robustness to data calibration. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.105.023514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Cobos-Campos R, Apiñaniz A, Parraza N, Cordero J, García S, Orruño E. Potential use of ivermectin for the treatment and prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Curr Res Transl Med 2021; 69:103309. [PMID: 34418758 PMCID: PMC8354804 DOI: 10.1016/j.retram.2021.103309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Currently no treatment has been proven to be efficacious for patients with early symptoms of COVID-19. Although most patients present mild or moderate symptoms, up to 5-10% may have a poor disease progression, so there is an urgent need for effective drugs, which can be administered even before the onset of severe symptoms, i.e. when the course of the disease is modifiable. Recently, promising results of several studies on oral ivermectin have been published, which has prompted us to conduct the present review of the scientific literature. METHODS A narrative review has been carried out, focusing on the following four main topics: a) short-term efficacy in the treatment of the disease, b) long-term efficacy in the treatment of patients with post-acute symptoms of COVID-19, c) efficacy in the prophylaxis of the disease, and c) safety of ivermectin. RESULTS The reviewed literature suggests that there seems to be sufficient evidence about the safety of oral ivermectin, as well as the efficacy of the drug in the early-treatment and the prophylaxis of COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS In the view of the available evidence, the Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) recommends the use of oral ivermectin for both prophylaxis and early-treatment of COVID-19. Further well-designed studies should be conducted in order to explore the efficacy and safety of invermectin at low and high doses, following different dosing schedules, in both, the short and long-term treatment.
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- R Cobos-Campos
- Bioaraba Health Research Institute, Epidemiology and Public Health Research Group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
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- Bioaraba Health Research Institute, Epidemiology and Public Health Research Group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Aranbizkarra I Health Centre, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, EHU/UPV, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
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- Bioaraba Health Research Institute, Epidemiology and Public Health Research Group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
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- Bioaraba Health Research Institute, Epidemiology and Public Health Research Group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
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- Bioaraba Health Research Institute, Epidemiology and Public Health Research Group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
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- Bioaraba Health Research Institute, Epidemiology and Public Health Research Group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
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Díaz Reverand S, Muñoz Guerra M, Rodríguez Campo J, Escorial V, Cordero J. Correlation between joint effusion and clinical symptoms, magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopic findings in patients with temporomandibular joint disease. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2020; 48:1146-1151. [PMID: 33199210 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2020.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between temporomandibular joint (TMJ) effusions and clinical, magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopic variables. METHODS We designed a retrospective cohort study of patients attending our Department who presented temporomandibular joint disease according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders. According to the presence of effusion in magnetic resonance imaging, the sample was divided into 2 groups: patients with or without joint effusion. RESULTS A total of 203 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria, of which 99 (48.8%) showed no joint effusion and 104 (51.2%) presented effusion. We found no significant differences between clinical variables and joint effusion. However, patients without effusion showed significantly longer duration of symptoms that patients with effusion (mean = 34.8 months, standard deviation = 43.41 vs 20.25, 23.76; p = 0.005). We found no significant differences in magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopic variables associated with the presence of effusions. For both groups, there were statistically significant differences in values of mean pain scores and mean maximum interincisal distance between the different times of examination (before surgery and 3, 6 and 12 months after surgery). CONCLUSION Joint effusion is not associated with clinical, imaging or arthroscopic variables, but may be a clinical characteristic of early stages of temporomandibular joint disease.
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- S Díaz Reverand
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine, Diagonal Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; Temporomandibular Joint Subdivision, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
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- Temporomandibular Joint Subdivision, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- Temporomandibular Joint Subdivision, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- Temporomandibular Joint Subdivision, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Traumatology, University Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Orlando A, Cordero J, Carrick MM, Tanner AH, Banton K, Vogel R, Lieser M, Acuna D, Bar-Or D. Comparing complications of small-bore chest tubes to large-bore chest tubes in the setting of delayed hemothorax: a retrospective multicenter cohort study. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2020; 28:56. [PMID: 32571367 PMCID: PMC7310264 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-020-00754-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Previous studies have provided initial data suggesting that small-bore (SB, ≤ 14Fr) chest tubes have the same efficacy as large-bore (LB, > 14 Fr) chest tubes for acute hemothorax (HTX), but data continue to be lacking in the setting of delayed HTX. This study compared complications of SB chest tubes to LB tubes in patients with delayed HTX. Methods This was a retrospective observational study across 7.5 yrs. at 6 Level 1 trauma centers. Patients were included if 1) diagnosed with a HTX or > 1 rib fracture with bloody effusion from chest tube; 2) initial chest tube placed ≥36 h of hospital admission. Patients were excluded for hemopneumothoraces. The primary endpoint was having at least one of the following chest tube complications: tube replacement, VATS, tube falling out, tube clogging, pneumonia, retained HTX, pleural empyema. Secondary outcomes included chest tube output volume and drainage rate. Dependent/independent and parametric/non-parametric analyses were used to assess primary and secondary outcomes. Results There were 160 SB patients (191 tubes) and 60 LB patients (72 tubes). Both comparison groups were similar in multiple demographic, injury, clinical features. The median (IQR) tube size for each group was as follows: SB [12 Fr (12–14)] and LB [32 Fr (28–32)]. The risk of having at least one chest tube complication was similar for LB and SB chest tubes (14% vs. 18%, p = 0.42). LB tubes had significantly larger risk of VATS, while SB tubes had significantly higher risk of pneumonia. SB tubes had significantly slower least squares (LS) mean initial output drainage rate compared to LB tubes (52.2 vs. 213.4 mL/hour, p < 0.001), but a non-parametric analysis suggested no significant difference in median drainage rates between groups 39.7 [23.5–242.0] mL/hr. vs. 38.6 [27.5–53.8], p = 0.81. LB and SB groups had similar initial output volume (738.0 mL vs. 810.9, p = 0.59). Conclusions There was no clearly superior chest tube diameter size; both chest tube sizes demonstrated risks and benefits. Clinicians must be aware of these potential tradeoffs when deciding on the diameter of chest tube for the treatment of delayed HTXs.
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- A Orlando
- St. Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, CO, USA.,Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO, USA.,Medical City Plano, Plano, TX, USA.,Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.,Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA.,Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS, USA
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- Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO, USA
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- Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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- St. Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, CO, USA
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- Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO, USA
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- Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS, USA
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- St. Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, CO, USA. .,Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO, USA. .,Medical City Plano, Plano, TX, USA. .,Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA. .,Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA. .,Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS, USA.
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Hernández C, Valdera CJ, Cordero J, López E, Plaza J, Albi M. Impact of telemedicine on assisted reproduction treatment in the public health system. J Healthc Qual Res 2019; 35:27-34. [PMID: 31883955 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhqr.2019.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 08/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM Telemedicine has helped to make health care more efficient. However, to date no studies have measured its impact on infertility and fertility healthcare. We assessed the potential care benefits and clinical advantages of an initiative implementing electronic patient portal (EPP) for patients scheduled to undergo assisted reproduction treatment, to reduce waiting times for medical consultation and treatment. METHODS This was designed as a retrospective cohort study. The experimental group comprised 1972 referral requests received by the assisted reproduction unit of our institution between 2015 and 2016, which were included in the group receiving telemedicine, while the control group was defined by 283 requests received in 2013, all of which were assigned face-to-face care. RESULTS We found a statistically significant reduction in the experimental group in terms of the days elapsed between the receipt of the assessment request and the first outpatient visit (68 days vs. 180 days, p<.001). Time to initiation of treatment was also significantly lower in this group (169 days vs. 229 days; p<.001). The experimental group contained around 7 times as many patients receiving treatment as the control group. No differences were observed in the pregnancy rate (29.9% vs. 31.1%; p=.77) or in the complication rate (3.2% vs. 0%; p=.16). CONCLUSIONS Use of telemedicine in electronic portal patient form reduces the total waiting time involved in patient requests for infertility treatment and indirectly increases the number of patients treated, causing no negative impact on treatment outcome.
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- C Hernández
- Assisted Reproduction Unit, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Assisted Reproduction Unit, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
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- Assisted Reproduction Unit, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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de Vos S, Swinnen LJ, Wang D, Reid E, Fowler N, Cordero J, Dunbar M, Enschede SH, Nolan C, Petrich AM, Ross JA, Salem AH, Verdugo M, Agarwal S, Zhou L, Kozloff M, Nastoupil LJ, Flowers CR. Venetoclax, bendamustine, and rituximab in patients with relapsed or refractory NHL: a phase Ib dose-finding study. Ann Oncol 2019; 29:1932-1938. [PMID: 30060083 PMCID: PMC6158762 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Venetoclax is a selective, potent inhibitor of the anti-apoptotic B-cell leukemia/lymphoma-2 protein approved for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. We conducted a dose-finding study of venetoclax in combination with bendamustine-rituximab (BR) in patients with relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Patients and methods BR was given for six cycles at standard doses. Intermittent and continuous oral venetoclax administration was explored at 50-1200 mg daily doses. Co-primary objectives included safety, pharmacokinetics (PKs), maximum-tolerated dose (MTD), and recommended phase II dose (RP2D); secondary objective was preliminary efficacy. Results Sixty patients were enrolled: 32 with follicular lymphoma, 22 with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and 6 with marginal zone lymphoma. Nausea (70%), neutropenia (68%), diarrhea (55%), and thrombocytopenia (52%) were the most frequent adverse events (AEs). Most common grade 3/4 AEs were neutropenia (60%) and lymphopenia (38%). Serious AEs were reported in 24 patients; the most frequent were febrile neutropenia and disease progression (8% each). Five patients died from either disease progression (n = 4) or respiratory failure (n = 1). MTD was not reached; RP2D for venetoclax-BR combination was established as 800 mg daily continuously. Venetoclax PK exposure with and without BR was comparable. For all patients, overall response rate was 65%. Median duration of overall response, overall survival, and progression-free survival was 38.3 months [95% confidence interval (CI) 10.4-NR], not yet reached, and 10.7 months (95% CI 4.3-21.0), respectively. Conclusions This study established the safety profile of venetoclax in combination with BR, and results demonstrated tolerability and preliminary efficacy of the combination. Additional follow-up is needed to better determine the future role of BR plus venetoclax in the treatment of relapsed/refractory B-cell NHL. Trial registered Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01594229.
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- S de Vos
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles.
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- Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla
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- Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, USA
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- AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, USA; Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Cancer Research Center, Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey
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- Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University-School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
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Kirwa K, McConnell-Rios R, Manjourides J, Cordero J, Alshawabekeh A, Suh HH. Low birth weight and PM 2.5 in Puerto Rico. Environ Epidemiol 2019; 3:e058. [PMID: 32095739 PMCID: PMC7039618 DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Low birth weight (LBW) has been associated with adverse health outcomes across the lifespan. Among ethnic/racial minority populations, few studies have examined the association between LBW (<2,500 or ≥2,500 g) and prenatal exposure to air pollution, a key modifiable environmental risk factor. METHODS We examined the association between LBW and prenatal exposure to PM2.5 in a Hispanic and black population in Puerto Rico between 1999 and 2013, adjusting for individual and municipality-level confounders. We used modified Poisson regression to estimate the association and performed sensitivity analyses treating birth weight as continuous or polychotomous. In secondary analyses, we applied a 2-stage mixed effects model suitable for longitudinally measured exposures and binary outcomes. RESULTS Among 332,129 total and 275,814 term births, 12.2% and 6.3% of infants had LBW, respectively. Eighty-eight percent of mothers were Hispanic. Mean (SD) PM2.5 concentrations declined from 9.9 (1.7) μg/m3 in 1999 to 6.1 (1.1) μg/m3 in 2013. Mean birth weights dropped to 3,044 g in 2010 and rose steadily afterward. Among term births, a SD increase in PM2.5 was associated with a 3.2% (95% CI = -1.0%, 6.3%) higher risk of LBW. First (risk ratio, 1.02; 95% CI = 1.00, 1.04) and second (1.02; 95% CI = 1.01, 1.05) trimester exposures were associated with increased LBW risk. In a 2-stage approach that longitudinally modeled monthly prenatal exposure levels, a standard deviation increase in average PM2.5 was associated with higher risk of LBW (odds ratio, 1.04; 95% CI = 1.01, 1.08). CONCLUSIONS In Puerto Rico, LBW is associated with prenatal PM2.5 exposure.
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- Kipruto Kirwa
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA
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Ranches J, Pardelli U, Cordero J, Piccolo M, Silva G, Arthington J. PSXVI-15 Comparison of liver and blood as indicators of Se and Cu status in beef cows. J Anim Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/jas/sky404.836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- J Ranches
- University of Florida - Range Cattle Research and Education Center,Ona, FL, United States
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- MUB Nutrição Animal,Guararapes, SP – Brazil, Guararapes, Brazil
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- University of Florida, Department of Animal Sciences,Gainesville, FL, United States
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- University of Florida - Range Cattle Research and Education Center,Ona, FL, United States
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- North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida,Marianna, FL, United States
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- University of Florida - Range Cattle Research and Education Center,Ona, FL, United States
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Malek Mohammadi M, Shirvani A, Gigina A, Cordero J, Dobreva G, Bauersachs J, Heineke J. Neonatal mice adapt to pressure overload by inducing cardiomyocyte proliferation and angiogenesis. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2018.05.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Swinnen L, Flowers C, Wang D, Reid E, Fowler N, Cordero J, Dunbar M, Enschede S, Nolan C, Petrich A, Ross J, Salem A, Verdugo M, Wong S, Zhou L, Kozloff M, Nastoupil L, de Vos S. VENETOCLAX (VEN), BENDAMUSTINE (B) AND RITUXIMAB (R) IN PATIENTS (PTS) WITH RELAPSED OR REFRACTORY (R/R) NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA (NHL): FINAL RESULTS OF a PHASE I STUDY. Hematol Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.2437_78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- L.J. Swinnen
- Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology; Emory University School of Medicine; Atlanta USA
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- Hematology; Medical Oncology, Henry Ford Hospital; Detroit USA
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- Medicine; University of California San Diego; La Jolla USA
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- Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston USA
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- AbbVie Inc.; North Chicago USA
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- AbbVie Inc.; North Chicago USA
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- AbbVie Inc.; North Chicago USA
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- Oncology-Hematology; Ingalls Hospital; Harvey USA
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- Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston USA
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- Medicine; University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles USA
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Radulescu S, Ridgway RA, Cordero J, Athineos D, Salgueiro P, Poulsom R, Neumann J, Jung A, Patel S, Woodgett J, Barker N, Pritchard DM, Oien K, Sansom OJ. Acute WNT signalling activation perturbs differentiation within the adult stomach and rapidly leads to tumour formation. Oncogene 2013; 32:2048-57. [PMID: 22665058 PMCID: PMC3631308 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2012] [Revised: 04/13/2012] [Accepted: 04/22/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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A role for WNT signalling in gastric carcinogenesis has been suggested due to two major observations. First, patients with germline mutations in adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) are susceptible to stomach polyps and second, in gastric cancer, WNT activation confers a poor prognosis. However, the functional significance of deregulated WNT signalling in gastric homoeostasis and cancer is still unclear. In this study we have addressed this by investigating the immediate effects of WNT signalling activation within the stomach epithelium. We have specifically activated the WNT signalling pathway within the mouse adult gastric epithelium via deletion of either glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) or APC or via expression of a constitutively active β-catenin protein. WNT pathway deregulation dramatically affects stomach homoeostasis at very short latencies. In the corpus, there is rapid loss of parietal cells with fundic gland polyp (FGP) formation and adenomatous change, which are similar to those observed in familial adenomatous polyposis. In the antrum, adenomas occur from 4 days post-WNT activation. Taken together, these data show a pivotal role for WNT signalling in gastric homoeostasis, FGP formation and adenomagenesis. Loss of the parietal cell population and corresponding FGP formation, an early event in gastric carcinogenesis, as well as antral adenoma formation are immediate effects of nuclear β-catenin translocation and WNT target gene expression. Furthermore, our inducible murine model will permit a better understanding of the molecular changes required to drive tumourigenesis in the stomach.
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- S Radulescu
- CR-UK Beatson Institute of Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK
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- CR-UK Beatson Institute of Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK
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- CR-UK Beatson Institute of Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK
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- CR-UK Beatson Institute of Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK
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- CR-UK Beatson Institute of Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK
- Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 8A Biomedical Grove, Immunos, Singapore
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- Histopathology Lab, CR-UK London Research Institute, London, UK
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- Pathologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, München, Germany
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- Pathologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, München, Germany
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 8A Biomedical Grove, Immunos, Singapore
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Institute of Cancer Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- CR-UK Beatson Institute of Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK
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Muñoz M, Naveira E, Seara J, Cordero J. Effects of postoperative intravenous iron on transfusion requirements after lower limb arthroplasty. Br J Anaesth 2012; 108:532-4. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Wachtel M, Nguyen T, Cordero J. Oral Cavity Squamous Carcinoma; Effects of Primary Site on Survival. J Surg Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.11.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wachtel M, Cordero J, Griswold J. Follicle Cell Differentiation Influences Presentation And Prognosis Among Patients With Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma. J Surg Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.11.178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Molina-Manso D, Gómez-Barrena E, Esteban J, Adames H, Martínez MJ, Cordero J, Fernández-Roblas R, Puértolas JA. Bacterial adherence on UHMWPE doped with Vitamin E: anin vitrostudy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/252/1/012014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Alonso MI, Moro JA, Martín C, de la Mano A, Carnicero E, Martínez-Alvarez C, Navarro N, Cordero J, Gato A. Chondroitin sulphate-mediated fusion of brain neural folds in rat embryos. Cells Tissues Organs 2008; 189:391-402. [PMID: 18836253 DOI: 10.1159/000162258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Previous studies have demonstrated that during neural fold fusion in different species, an apical extracellular material rich in glycoconjugates is involved. However, the composition and the biological role of this material remain undetermined. In this paper, we show that this extracellular matrix in rat increases notably prior to contact between the neural folds, suggesting the dynamic behaviour of the secretory process. Immunostaining has allowed us to demonstrate that this extracellular matrix contains chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan (CSPG), with a spatio-temporal distribution pattern, suggesting a direct relationship with the process of adhesion. The degree of CSPG involvement in cephalic neural fold fusion in rat embryos was determined by treatment with specific glycosidases.In vitro rat embryo culture and microinjection techniques were employed to carry out selective digestion, with chondroitinase AC, of the CSPG on the apical surface of the neural folds; this was done immediately prior to the bonding of the cephalic neural folds. In all the treated embryos, cephalic defects of neural fold fusion could be detected. These results show that CSPG plays an important role in the fusion of the cephalic neural folds in rat embryos, which implies that this proteoglycan could be involved in cellular recognition and adhesion.
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- M I Alonso
- Departamento de Anatomía y Radiología, Laboratorio de Desarrollo y Teratología del Sistema Nervioso, Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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OBJECTIVE To describe and analyze the smoking habits of sixth-year Spanish medical students. MATERIAL AND METHODS The target population of this descriptive cross-sectional study was students completing their sixth year in Spanish medical schools. An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was sent to the students' homes by ordinary mail. The relationships between the variables were analyzed using contingency tables, the chi2 test, the Student t test, and analysis of variance with a significance level of P< .05. The software package was SPSS. RESULTS A total of 3840 questionnaires were distributed to students, and 1340 were returned completed (34.9%). Of the respondents, 27% were smokers (8.7% smoked only on weekends, and 18.3% were daily smokers). The mean (SD) number of cigarettes smoked per day was 10.54 (7.89). Consumption was significantly higher among men than among women. The mean age of initiation was 17.20 years. Of the students who were smokers, 32.54% stated that they had started smoking during their medical studies. The percentage of smokers who stated that they wanted to quit was 76.3%, and 56.6% said that they had already made at least one quit attempt. CONCLUSIONS It is cause for concern that a large number of students start smoking after they enter medical school. One of the reasons for this is the lack of concern about smoking as a health problem within medical schools. The smoking habits of medical students are affected by the same phenomena that affect those of the general public, such as the increase in the number of women smokers, the influence of sociocultural factors, and the increasingly broader age range of initiation. The lower prevalence of smoking among medical students with respect to other populations is probably due to the fact that, in general, these students have better health habits than the general public, and/or the reasons that led them to study medicine also make them disinclined to smoke.
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- A Mas
- Unidad de Tabaquismo FMZ, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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Mas A, Nerín I, Barrueco M, Cordero J, Guillén D, Jiménez-Ruiz C, Sobradillo V. Consumo de tabaco en estudiantes de sexto curso de medicina de España. Arch Bronconeumol 2004. [DOI: 10.1157/13065174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Muñoz Gómez M, Naveira E, Romero A, Cordero J, González Molina M, Ramírez Ramírez G. [Accuracy and reliability of the immediate determination of haemoglobin using the HemoCue B hemoglobin in patients undergoing haemodialysis]. Nefrologia 2004; 24:579-82. [PMID: 15683031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023] Open
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- M Muñoz Gómez
- Unidad de Hemodiálisis, Clínica Santa Elena, Torremolinos.
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Cordero J. Comentario. Rev Esp Cir Ortop Traumatol (Engl Ed) 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1888-4415(04)76159-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Mas A, Nerín I, Barrueco M, Cordero J, Guillén D, Jiménez-Ruiz C, Sobradillo V. Consumo de tabaco en estudiantes de sexto curso de medicina de España. Arch Bronconeumol 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(04)75559-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We have analysedin the results of 24 femoral lengthenings in 23 patients operated on between 1993 and 2000, using a gradual elongation intramedullary nail (Albizzia). Of the 23 patients, 22 had femoral deficiency and one was of short stature. Their mean age was 16.9 years. Technical difficulties encountered during the procedure were mild or moderate in 18 femora and severe in six femora. Distraction was obtained by 15 ratchetings per day (1 mm/day). There were 18 excellent results although in two patients this was achieved after the development of a pseudarthrosis which required further surgery. There were four good and two fair results in which the lengthening obtained was at least 3 cm less than had been projected. The consolidation index was 35.2 days/cm. No patient had associated long-term stiffness of the knee. Femoral lengthening using an elongation nail gives good results and is a comfortable procedure.
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- E. García-Cimbrelo
- Orthopaedic Department, Hospital La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046-Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital 12 de Octubre (Children’s Hospital) Ca. Andalucia km 5.400, 28035-Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital 12 de Octubre (Children’s Hospital) Ca. Andalucia km 5.400, 28035-Madrid, Spain
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- Orthopaedic Department, Hospital La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046-Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital 12 de Octubre (Children’s Hospital) Ca. Andalucia km 5.400, 28035-Madrid, Spain
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García-Cimbrelo E, Curto de la Mano A, García-Rey E, Cordero J, Marti-Ciruelos R. The intramedullary elongation nail for femoral lengthening. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2002; 84:971-7. [PMID: 12358388 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.84b7.12984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We have analysed the results of 24 femoral lengthenings in 23 patients operated on between 1993 and 2000, using a gradual elongation intramedullary nail (Albizzia). Of the 23 patients, 22 had femoral deficiency and one was of short stature. Their mean age was 16.9 years. Technical difficulties encountered during the procedure were mild or moderate in 18 femora and severe in six femora. Distraction was obtained by 15 ratchetings per day (1 mm/day). There were 18 excellent results although in two patients this was achieved after the development of a pseudarthrosis which required further surgery. There were four good and two fair results in which the lengthening obtained was at least 3 cm less than had been projected. The consolidation index was 35.2 days/cm. No patient had associated long-term stiffness of the knee. Femoral lengthening using an elongation nail gives good results and is a comfortable procedure.
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Seventy cemented cups associated with impacted morsellised allograft in revision surgery in hips with an acetabular bone defect greater than 30% (Paprosky Grades 3A and 3B) were analyzed. The mean follow-up was 6.8 years. One hip showed cup migration and was re-revised; this represents a total cumulative probability of re-revision of the cup of 1.4 2.8%. Radiolucent lines were uncommon: six cups showed radiolucent lines in DeLee and Charnley zone 1, five in zones 1 and 2, one in all three zones, while one hip showed migration.Although the frequent use of a metallic mesh makes graft remodeling difficult to evaluate, six hips showed minor and one major bone resorption. The mid-term results with impacted allograft and cemented all-polyethylene cups are favourable in acetabular revision surgery. (Hip International 2002; 12: 281-8).
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Rodrigo AM, Martinez ME, Saldaña L, Vallés G, Martinez P, González-Carrasco JL, Cordero J, Munuera L. Effects of polyethylene and alpha-alumina particles on IL-6 expression and secretion in primary cultures of human osteoblastic cells. Biomaterials 2002; 23:901-8. [PMID: 11771709 DOI: 10.1016/s0142-9612(01)00200-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The effect of two biomaterials, polyethylene and alpha-alumina, on interleukin-6 (IL-6) secretion and expression has been studied in human osteoblasts in primary culture. Human osteoblastic cells were derived from fresh trabecular bone explants removed during total knee arthroplasty. On reaching confluence, cells were subcultured in 6 well plates; the resulting subcultures were incubated until confluence and polyethylene or alpha-alumina particles were added to some while the rest were left as controls. The IL-6 mRNA levels were assessed by reverse transcription (RT) followed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). IL-6 secretion was measured in the conditioned medium. The IL-6 expression was higher in the presence of both biomaterials. Maximum expression occurred in response to a dose of 50 mg particles well with both biomaterials and was greater after polyethylene particle addition than after alpha-alumina particle addition at this dose. The maximum IL-6 secretion elicited by alpha-alumina was produced at 10 mg particles well while maximum response with polyethylene required 50 mg well. At a dose of 10 mg/well, alpha-alumina particles induced more secretion than 10 mg of polyethylene particles. Nevertheless, at a dose of 50 mg/well maximum secretion was produced with polyethylene particles. In conclusion and in our experimental conditions, polyethylene as well as alpha-alumina increased both the expression and the secretion of IL-6 in human osteoblastic cells in primary culture and stimulation from polyethylene appears stronger than that from alpha-alumina at the same dose.
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- A M Rodrigo
- Investigation Unit, La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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We have investigated prospectively the incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) in 5320 orthopaedic patients. There were 74 UTIs (1.39%). Enterobacteriaceae was the most frequent etiological agent. Each infection increased the length of stay in hospital by more than 8 days. Statistically independent risk factors for the development of urinary infection were a preoperative stay of more than 4 days, inadequate preoperative preventive measures, central venous catheterization and urinary catheterization. Sex, age, or type of surgery had no statistical influence on the development of infection.
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- R. Herruzo-Cabrera
- />Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Spain
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- />Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Spain
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- />Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Spain
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- />Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Spain
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Rodrigo AM, Martínez ME, Escudero ML, Ruíz J, Martínez P, Saldaña L, Gómez-García L, Fernández L, Cordero J, Munuera L. Influence of particle size in the effect of polyethylene on human osteoblastic cells. Biomaterials 2001; 22:755-62. [PMID: 11246943 DOI: 10.1016/s0142-9612(00)00208-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The influence of two different sizes of polyethylene particles (< 30 and 20-200 microm) on osteoblastic function has been studied in primary human bone cell cultures. Cells were obtained from trabecular bone fragments of patients undergoing knee reconstructive surgery. On reaching confluency, cells were subcultured in three flasks: < 30 microm polyethylene particles were added to the first flask, 20-200 microm particles to the second flask and none to the third flask, which was the control. The resulting subcultures were incubated until confluence. Osteoblastic function was evaluated by assaying the secretion of osteocalcin, alkaline phosphatase, and C-terminal type I procollagen (PICP), with or without 1.25(OH)2D3 stimulation in the cell-conditioned medium. Adding < 30 microm polyethylene particles to these osteoblastic cell cultures increased the levels of osteocalcin secreted after 1,25(OH)2D3 stimulation. Treating stimulated or basal osteoblastic cultures with either polyethylene particle size did not affect alkaline phosphatase secretion. However, the addition of <30 microm polyethylene particles decreased PICP levels in the basal and stimulated cultures. A parallel series of osteoblastic cultures was treated with < 30 microm polyethylene particles and stimulated or not with 1,25(OH)2D3 to determine the effect on osteocalcin mRNA expression using RT-PCR amplification. Polyethylene particle-treated cultures had higher osteocalcin mRNA expression regardless of whether they had been stimulated with 1,25(OH)2D3 or not. We conclude that particle size affects the influence of polyethylene on osteoblastic function markers. Particles with a diameter of less than 30 microm increase osteocalcin expression and secretion.
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- A M Rodrigo
- Investigation Unit, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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Martínez-Guisasola J, Guerrero M, Alonso F, Díaz F, Cordero J, Ferrer J. Plasma beta-endorphin levels in obese and non-obese patients with polycystic ovary disease. Gynecol Endocrinol 2001; 15:14-22. [PMID: 11293919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to determine the influence of body weight on circulating plasma levels of beta-endorphin and insulin in women with polycystic ovary disease (PCOD), as well as the correlation between the plasma levels of beta-endorphin and insulin. One-hundred and sixty-seven consecutive subjects with PCOD were recruited, 117 of whom had normal weight (body mass index (BMI) < 25) while 50 were obese (BMI > 25). A venous blood sample was taken and plasma concentrations of beta-endorphin, insulin, gonadotropins, prolactin, progesterone, 17 beta-estradiol, estrone, androgens, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) were measured. Mean beta-endorphin and insulin plasma levels were significantly higher (p < 0.05) in obese PCOD women than in non-obese ones. Correlation analysis showed a positive association between insulin and beta-endorphin, beta-endorphin and BMI (and weight), insulin and BMI (and weight), and a negative correlation was found between insulin and SHBG. A weak association was found between beta-endorphin and luteinizing hormone (LH) in peripheral plasma. Stratified and linear regression analysis showed that plasma beta-endorphin concentrations correlate more with BMI than with insulinemia.
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A total of 67 low-friction arthroplasties were performed from 1971 through 1978 in patients <40 years old and followed an average of 21.7 years. There have been 33 cup loosenings and 17 stem loosenings. The average rate of wear of the cup was 0.12 mm/y for the entire series and 0.16 mm/y for the revised cups. Although the preoperative diagnosis leading to low-friction arthroplasty commonly reflected some deficiency in bone structure, particularly in the acetabulum, there were no primary osteoarthrosis cases. The femoral stem proved to be durable, but acetabular cups gave poorer results in younger patients than in older patients. The 2 major factors limiting the longevity of the cemented cup were acetabular bone quality and wear.
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Anderson M, Muro-Cacho C, Cordero J, Livingston S, Muñoz-Antonia T. Transforming growth factor beta receptors in verrucous and squamous cell carcinoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999; 125:849-54. [PMID: 10448730 DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.8.849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To study the intracellular location of transforming growth factor beta type II receptors (TbetaR-II) in verrucous carcinoma (VC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC), and to evaluate their role in the biological behavior of both neoplasias. DESIGN Ten VC and 10 well-differentiated SqCC specimens were analyzed by immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization for the expression and intracellular location of TbetaR-II. Receptor expression was evaluated in areas of invasion and in areas of transformation of VC into SqCC. TbetaR-II expression was compared with expression of the type I receptor (TbetaR-I). SUBJECTS Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections from VCs and well-differentiated SqCCs, operated on at the H. L. Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute from May 1987 to January 1998, were selected for the study. INTERVENTIONS None. RESULTS While in all VCs TbetaR-II was found to be located along the membrane of the neoplastic keratinocytes, TbetaR-II expression in SqCC was observed predominantly in a cytoplasmic location. This cytoplasmic location of TbetaR-II was also seen in areas of transition from VC to SqCC. Expression of TbetaR-I was found in a cytoplasmic location in both tumor types. CONCLUSIONS The membranous location of TbetaR-II in VC exposes the receptor to the growth inhibitory control of TGF-beta and may explain why VC tumors are less aggressive clinically. The marked reduction of membranous TbetaR-II and their predominant cytoplasmic location diminishes TGF-beta growth inhibition and may contribute to the transformation of VC into the more aggressive SqCC.
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- Activin Receptors, Type I
- Adult
- Aged
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology
- Carcinoma, Verrucous/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Verrucous/pathology
- DNA Probes/chemistry
- Female
- Head and Neck Neoplasms/metabolism
- Head and Neck Neoplasms/pathology
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- In Situ Hybridization
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I
- Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II
- Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta/genetics
- Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/genetics
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism
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- M Anderson
- Molecular Oncology Program, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, USA
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Muro-Cacho CA, Anderson M, Cordero J, Muñoz-Antonia T. Expression of transforming growth factor beta type II receptors in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res 1999; 5:1243-8. [PMID: 10389906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta is a potent regulator of growth and differentiation in normal squamous epithelium. TGF-beta exerts its antiproliferative effect via the TGF-beta type II receptor (TbetaR-II). A decrease in TbetaR-II expression is believed to be responsible, in part, for the resistance of squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) to the anti-proliferative effects of TGF-beta. In the present study, we used immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization to analyze the expression of TbetaR-II along the successive oncogenic stages of head and neck squamous neoplasia, from normal epithelium to dysplasia to carcinoma. Quantitation of TbetaR-II expression in 38 SqCCs was assessed on a visual scale ranging from negative (absence of staining) to 3+ (strong staining). Normal squamous epithelium and squamous epithelium in the vicinity of the tumors showed homogenous receptor expression with moderate intensity. Dysplastic epithelium and carcinoma in situ showed a mild decrease in receptor expression intensity. Well-differentiated to moderately differentiated carcinomas showed heterogeneous expression of variable intensity, and poorly differentiated carcinomas were completely devoid of TbetaR-II. In every tumor, the superficial component showed more intense receptor expression than the invasive component. These results indicate that TbetaR-II expression inversely correlates with disease aggressiveness and suggest that aberrant TbetaR-II expression is a contributing factor to the pathogenesis of SqCC.
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- C A Muro-Cacho
- Molecular Oncology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
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Díez L, Rioja M, Cordero J, Caballero C, Crespo A. [Congenital cyanotic heart disease and peripheral neurogenic tumor]. Rev Esp Med Nucl 1999; 18:43-6. [PMID: 10074217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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The association between neuroblastic tumours and congenital heart disease is widely confirmed in the literature references. The authors describe a case of a patient with congenital heart disease, high blood pressure, renal artery stenosis and high levels in 24 hours urine metanephrines. A MIBG-I-123 scintigraphy was essential for the diagnosis of neuroblastic tumour.
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- L Díez
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear,Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, 28034, España
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Martinez-Guisasola J, Ferrer J, Guerrero M, Díaz F, Alonso F, Bodega A, Cordero J, Alonso-Briz E. Circulating levels of immunoreactive beta-endorphin in polycystic ovary syndrome. Gynecol Endocrinol 1999; 13:26-35. [PMID: 10368795 DOI: 10.1080/09513599909167528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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The plasma levels of beta-endorphin were studied in 64 women with polycystic ovarian disease (PCOD), from whom was selected a group of 23 women with normal weight and amenorrhea of < 36 days. On day 21, beta-endorphin levels were: mean 64.92 pg/ml; SD 37.32 pg/ml; 95% CI 48.38-81.47 pg/ml. It was also observed that their levels of opioid peptide were reduced, compared with women who had normal ovulatory cycles, both in the follicular phase (mean 70.93 pg/ml; SD 24.59 pg/ml; 95% CI 76.84-99.77 pg/ml) and luteal phase (mean 88.30 pg/ml; SD 31.80 pg/ml; 95% CI 76.84-99.77 pg/ml). The results were statistically significant (p < 0.05) for levels in PCOD patients compared with those of the luteal phase in women with normal ovulatory cycles. The decreased levels of beta-endorphin were negatively related to luteinizing hormone (LH) levels, which might explain the rise of LH levels in women with PCOD who control their weight and at the time of amenorrhea, although it is not clear if central opioid activity is reflected in the peripheral blood.
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Lentz DL, Clark AM, Hufford CD, Meurer-Grimes B, Passreiter CM, Cordero J, Ibrahimi O, Okunade AL. Antimicrobial properties of Honduran medicinal plants. J Ethnopharmacol 1998; 63:253-263. [PMID: 10030730 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-8741(98)00100-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Ninety-two plants used in the traditional pharmacopoeia of the Pech and neighboring Mestizo peoples of central Honduras are reported. The results of in vitro antimicrobial screens showed that 19 of the extracts from medicinal plants revealed signs of antifungal activity while 22 demonstrated a measurable inhibitory effect on one or more bacterial cultures. Bioassay-guided fractionation of extracts from Mikania micrantha, Neurolaena lobata and Piper aduncum produced weak to moderately active isolates. The broad spectrum of activity of the extracts helps to explain the widespread use of these plants for wound healing and other applications.
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- D L Lentz
- The New York Botanical Garden, Harding Laboratory, Bronx, 10458, USA
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Rodriguez JF, Cordero J, Chantry C, González S, Rivera C, Febo I, Colón A, Díaz C. Plasma glutathione concentrations in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1998; 17:236-41. [PMID: 9535252 DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199803000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Glutathione (GSH) is the principal intracellular defense against oxidants, and HIV-infected individuals tend to have subnormal concentrations in plasma. This GSH deficiency may contribute to the pathogenesis of disease progression. In the pediatric population correlations between GSH concentrations with clinical, immunologic and virologic disease profiles are scarce. OBJECTIVES The main objectives of this study were (1) to compare plasma GSH concentrations of HIV-infected children and healthy controls and (2) to correlate GSH values with clinical, immunologic and virologic disease indices. METHODS Twenty-four HIV-infected and 24 healthy control children entered the study. Plasma concentrations of total glutathione and related thiols were determined. RESULTS The difference in mean plasma GSH concentrations between HIV-infected (2.96 +/- 0.31 microM) and control (6.62 +/- 0.58 microM) groups was highly significant (P < 0.0001). Linear regression analyses in HIV-infected patients revealed significant correlations between GSH and both absolute CD4+ cell counts (r = 0.56, P = 0.004) and viral load measured as log HIV-RNA PCR (r = -0.49, P = 0.018). GSH concentrations did not significantly correlate with CDC clinical stage but were lower in HIV-infected patients with growth failure (1.60 +/- 0.54 microM) vs. non-growth failure (3.23 +/- 0.33 microM); P = 0.05. CONCLUSIONS This study confirmed that HIV-infected children are deficient in plasma GSH concentrations compared with healthy controls. We documented that low GSH concentrations in HIV-infected children are directly correlated with CD4+ cell counts and inversely correlated with viral loads. These findings support a possible role of GSH in the pathogenesis of HIV disease progression.
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- J F Rodriguez
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00936, USA.
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Jaramillo O, Elizondo J, Jones P, Cordero J, Wang J, Corfero J. Practical guidelines for developing a hospital-based wound and ostomy clinic. Ostomy Wound Manage 1997; 43:28-32, 34-6, 38-9. [PMID: 9205396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Multidisciplinary teams save time and money while improving quality of patient care. Hospital-based wound/ostomy clinics provide patients with holistic, one-stop, expert care with access to a variety of diagnostic and treatment modalities. The authors discuss how to assemble all the ingredients for a successful multidisciplinary hospital-based clinic, how to make it work, and how to measure its cost-effectiveness for patient, hospital, community and nation. The original model clinic established in Costa Rica using these methods was so successful at providing efficient, high quality, cost-effective care that it has been adopted in 17 different locations there, and similar clinics are being developed in other countries. This model is applicable to industrialized and developing countries. By focusing hospital resources on evidence-based wound/ostomy care, it has the potential to revolutionize wound and ostomy care around the world.
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Experiments were performed on 120 rabbits to compare the probability of infection after bone surgery without an implant, with polymethylmethacrylate, and with autografts. Staphylococcus aureus phage type 94/96, isolated from a human osteomyelitis, was instilled into the intramedullar cavity after reaming of the femoral canal and before insertion of the implant. The different 50% infective doses were determined for each of the groups for comparative purposes. The bacterial concentrations required to produce infection in femora without an implant were two times less than those necessary in femora implanted with polymethylmethacrylate. The bone graft required bacterial concentrations nine times less than those necessary to infect femora containing polymethylmethacrylate and four times less than those required to infect femora without an implant. The results presented here confirm that the susceptibility to infection in orthopaedic surgery is not only material dependent but also bacteria dependent.
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- J Cordero
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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The influence of the localization and size of orthopaedic implants on infection has been analyzed extensively, but the influence of implant shape and chemical composition has rarely been studied, and the influence of the surface has only been described in one single report. Several experimental studies have tried to compare the incidence of infection for different materials. PMMA usually appears as the implant material most prone to causing infection, while titanium (Ti) and cobalt-chromium (CoCr) are the materials most resistant to infection. On the polished surface of cylinders implanted in rabbit femora, it took 40 times more inoculum to produce a clinical infection than it took for porous CoCr implants. The polished surface implants required 2.5 times more inoculum than porous Ti to produce infection.
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- J Cordero
- Hospital La Paz, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Buckel E, Silva G, Brahm J, Zacarías J, Ceresa S, Carvajal C, Lizana C, Uribe M, Blanco A, Valdés S, Cordero J, Santelices E, Iñguez A, Coloma R, Morales J, Smok G, Herzog C. [Experience of a single center in liver transplantation in adults and children]. Rev Med Chil 1996; 124:27-36. [PMID: 8762616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Orthotopic liver transplantation (THO) is the treatment of choice for a variety of liver diseases. The national experience before 1993 has been scarce. In November 1993 we started our experience in THO at Clínica Las Condes, as part of a multiorgan transplant program (liver, kidney, pancreas). Until January 1995 we have performed 14 THO in 13 recipients (one retransplantation), of which 5 were in pediatric cases. The recipients range of age fluctuated between 1 and 61 years. In two pediatric cases a liver allograft reduction was performed. Six recipients (46%) required treatment for acute cellular rejection. One recipient had an hepatic artery thrombosis and had to be retransplanted. There was no operative mortality up to 30 days in cases of primary liver transplants. The retransplanted adult recipient, and another pediatric recipient that died from a late recurrence of a hepatoblastoma, accounted for the mortality of this experience. After an average follow up of 10 months, the actual patient survival in 85%. Of the 11 surviving recipients, 9 are in excellent conditions with a very good quality of life. This experience shows that an active liver transplant program in our country can be successful in obtaining results comparable to those published by very experienced foreign transplant centers.
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- E Buckel
- Unidad de Trasplantes de Organos, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago de Chile
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Munuera L, Garcia-Cimbrelo E, Cordero J. The fixation of porous-coated femoral stems. A radiographic study of 113 cases with a 4 to 8 year follow up. Int Orthop 1995; 19:212-6. [PMID: 8557415 DOI: 10.1007/bf00185224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Changes occurring in the fixation of 113 porous-coated PCA uncemented femoral stems were studied in 90 patients who were operated on between 1984 and 1988. The average follow up was 5 years. Fixation was classified in radiographs as osteointegration, stable fibrous fixation or unstable. Four femoral components were revised. Metaphyseal osteoporosis was associated with those with a stem diameter greater than 13 mm. After 2 years, osteointegration was present in 73% and instability in 24% which was not related to the position of the stem. At the end of the follow up period, 20% of the stems showing osteointegration had changed and become unstable.
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- L Munuera
- Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Prado V, Cordero J, Garreaud C, Olguin H, Arellano C, Nachar CL, Misraji A, Martínez J, Tous M, Rivas M. [Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in hemolytic uremic syndrome in Chilean children. Evaluation of different technics in the diagnosis of the infection]. Rev Med Chil 1995; 123:13-22. [PMID: 7569441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), have been associated with pathogenesis of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) worldwide. Our aim was to determine the association of EHEC infection and HUS in Chilean children. During may 1991 and october 1993, 34 children with HUS and 33 age matched controls (children with diarrhea that did not develop HUS) were enrolled in a case/control study. For each child a stool and serum sample were obtained at admission. Stools were processed for common enteropathogens and for EHEC identification. EHEC were identified in stools by gene probes for different virulence factors (EHEC plasmid-associated fimbria, Shiga-like toxin I, Shiga-like toxin II and eae adherence factor) and by detection of free fecal toxin by a neutralization assay in Vero cells. Sera were processed for anti-cytotoxin antibodies also by an assay in Vero cells. Enteropathogens were isolated in 20.6% and 15.5% of HUS and control children respectively (p = NS). 91% of the HUS children and 73% of the control children were EHEC positive by one or more of the techniques used (p = 0.05). Of the three detection methods used for EHEC, only free fecal cytotoxin was significantly more common in HUS children than controls (45.5% vs 9% p = 0.007). Genotype patterns of HUS and controls strains were similar except for a trend towards a higher frequency of non-toxigenic strains in the control group. Serogroup O157 was more common in HUS children than in controls (9% vs 0% p = 0.036). In Chile as in other countries, EHEC infection is common and significantly associated with occurrence of HUS. Infection with EHEC strain O157 seems to be an important risk factor for HUS.
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- V Prado
- Departamento de Microbiología (Unidad Oriente), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile
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We implanted cylinders of cobalt-chrome or titanium, with smooth or porous surfaces, into rabbit bones which had been inoculated with suspensions of Staphylococcus aureus in various doses. The bacterial concentration required to produce infection of porous-coated titanium implants was 2.5 times smaller than that necessary to infect implants with polished surfaces. Porous-coated cobalt-chromium implants required bacterial concentrations that were 40 times smaller than those needed to infect implants with polished surfaces, and 15 times smaller than those required to infect porous-coated titanium implants. The other advantages and disadvantages of the various implants, such as improved osseointegration, larger ion-release surfaces, surface wear and relative stiffness, must be weighed against the higher infection rates in the porous-coated implants, and particularly in the cobalt-chromium implants.
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Cordero J, Munuera L, Folgueira MD. Influence of metal implants on infection. An experimental study in rabbits. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1994; 76:717-20. [PMID: 8083257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We implanted cylinders of cobalt-chrome or titanium, with smooth or porous surfaces, into rabbit bones which had been inoculated with suspensions of Staphylococcus aureus in various doses. The bacterial concentration required to produce infection of porous-coated titanium implants was 2.5 times smaller than that necessary to infect implants with polished surfaces. Porous-coated cobalt-chromium implants required bacterial concentrations that were 40 times smaller than those needed to infect implants with polished surfaces, and 15 times smaller than those required to infect porous-coated titanium implants. The other advantages and disadvantages of the various implants, such as improved osseointegration, larger ion-release surfaces, surface wear and relative stiffness, must be weighed against the higher infection rates in the porous-coated implants, and particularly in the cobalt-chromium implants.
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Sundberg RJ, Dalvie D, Cordero J, Musallam HA. Carbamate derivatives of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridinium salts as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and protective agents against organophosphorus compounds. Chem Res Toxicol 1993; 6:506-10. [PMID: 8374049 DOI: 10.1021/tx00034a018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A series of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridinium salts with (N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl)oxy or (N-methylcarbamoyl)oxy groups at the 3'- or 4'-position on the phenyl substituent and various substituents on the imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine ring have been synthesized. The compounds show in vitro inhibitory activity against electric eel acetylcholinesterase (AChE), type III, and several of the compounds show protective effects toward the organophosphorus AChE inhibitor soman in mice. The possible structural relationship of these compounds to physostigmine and pyridostigmine is considered.
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- R J Sundberg
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22901
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Sundberg RJ, Dalvie D, Cordero J, Sabat M, Musallam HA. Carbamates of (hydroxyphenoxy)methyl heteroaromatic salts as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and protective agents against organophosphorus compounds. Chem Res Toxicol 1993; 6:500-5. [PMID: 8374048 DOI: 10.1021/tx00034a017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A series of N,N-dimethylcarbamates of 2-[(2'-, 3'-, and 4'-hydroxyphenoxy)methyl] heteroaromatic salts has been prepared. Pyridine, imidazole, quinoline, benzimidazole, and imidazo-[1,2-alpha]pyridine derivatives were included. Most of the compounds are inhibitors of electric eel acetylcholinesterase and also show prophylactic activity toward a 2LD50 dose of soman in mice.
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- R J Sundberg
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22901
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Cordovéz A, Prado V, Maggi L, Cordero J, Martinez J, Misraji A, Rios R, Soza G, Ojeda A, Levine MM. Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli associated with hemolytic-uremic syndrome in Chilean children. J Clin Microbiol 1992; 30:2153-7. [PMID: 1500525 PMCID: PMC265461 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.30.8.2153-2157.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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A clinicoepidemiological study was undertaken to determine if enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) was associated with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) in children in Santiago, Valdivia, and Temuco, Chile. Prospective surveillance detected 20 hospitalized cases of HUS in children less than 4 years of age in these cities from March 1988 to March 1989. Each HUS patient was matched (by sex and age) with two control children (hospitalized elective-surgery patients). To detect EHEC, DNA from stool culture isolates of E. coli was detected by hybridization with biotin-labelled DNA probes specific for the EHEC virulence plasmid, Shiga-like toxin I (SLT-I) or SLT-II. Stool cultures from 6 of 20 cases (30%) and from 2 of 38 controls (5.3%) yielded EHEC (P = 0.0158). EHEC isolates from all HUS cases hybridized with the EHEC plasmid probe and with probes for SLT-I or -II (or both). The serogroups of the isolates included O157, O26, and O111. EHEC causes HUS in Chile, and the biotinylated gene probes are practical diagnostic tools for epidemiologic studies.
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- A Cordovéz
- Microbiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago
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Rangel-Abundis A, Olvera R, Cordero J, Cordero E, Ramos MA. [Postangioplasty renal artery thrombosis treated intraluminally with thrombolysis. A case report]. GAC MED MEX 1991; 127:253-6. [PMID: 1839287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The authors present the clinical case of a 31 year female with systemic vascular hypertension secondary to a 65 percent unilateral fibromuscular renal artery stenosis. The centellographic study demonstrated hypoperfusion on the right kidney and serious functional damage; the patient was subject to intraluminal renal angioplasty resulting in right renal arterial thrombosis, which was treated successfully with intra-arterial and intravenous streptokinase infusion. Following the thrombotic therapy, recanalization of the thrombosed artery and normal renal excretion of the contrast substance was observed.
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- A Rangel-Abundis
- Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
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